Jim McGovern

James Patrick "Jim" McGovern (20 November 1959-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MA 3) from 1997 to 2013 (succeeding Peter Blute and preceding Niki Tsongas) and from MA 2 from 2013 (succeeding Richard Neal).

Biography
Jim McGovern was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1959, and he campaigned for Governor George McGovern during the 1972 presidential election, which occurred while he was still in middle school. From 1977 to 1980, he worked as an aide to McGovern, and Congressman Joe Moakley had McGovern investigate the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador. In 1994, McGovern made his first run for the US Congress, but this failed; he won the seat two years later. He was a member of the Progressive Democrats and was one of the most liberal members of Congress, advocating for human rights worldwide.